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1 Still Life 3/10 perspective Exploring the way things get smaller as they go away, and creating the feeling of space in our drawing. Lesson Preparation Getting ready to view the lesson If you are watching the video tutorial on a computer (e.g. laptop, interactive whiteboard, digital projector) you can view the PDF resources on the screen. If you are watching the video tutorial on a television, you may want to print the resource pages ahead of time, from your computer. Printing the resources accompanying this lesson This lesson, Still Life 3/10 Resources, contains the following pages: Still Life 3/10 Lesson Preparation Still Life 3/10 Lesson Overview Still Life 3/10 Activity Still Life 3/10 Extension Still Life 3/10 Posters These are posters of the finished artwork/s as created in the episode. You can choose to view this on the screen or whiteboard, you can print in black and white, or colour, or all of the above. Materials used in this lesson Soft pencil, e.g. 4B 8B, eraser, paper Equipment used in this lesson Drawing board, clip, easel Subjects used in this lesson White box, small chair Copyright ArtMaker Productions Pty Ltd. Where ArtMaker PDF documents are to be printed and distributed for educational purposes, the documents must not be altered and must acknowledge ArtMaker Productions Pty Ltd as the author and owner of the information. 1

2 Lesson Overview Still Life 3/10 perspective Exploring the way things get smaller as they go away, and creating the feeling of space in our drawing. 1. Perspective is a fundamental part of any still life drawing. 2. Your eye-line represents the horizon. 3. The Vanishing Point is where your subject is so small it vanishes into a point on the horizon (See Figure 1). 4. Objects below our eyeline (read: horizon) appear more open as they get closer to us, and we can see more into them (See Figure 2). 5. Single point perspective is not enough for wide landscapes. We will need to introduce Vanishing Point 2 to create Two Point Perspective. 6. Hold your pencil up in front of your subject, to see the angles you will need to draw. Lock your arm and swing around to your page, so your pencil keeps the same angle as your subject. 7. Your Angle of View determines how much you see into/on top of your subject. 8. Two Point Perspective describes how things get smaller in two directions. 9. For a bird s eye view (e.g. top of skyscraper), or a worm s eye view (e.g. looking up a tall post), we need Three Point Perspective. (See Figure 3) 10. Use a close Vanishing Point 3 for a dynamic drawing. 11. Use calipers to find your Vanishing Point, looking at your subject, lock your arm and swing around to your page, to transfer that angle to the page. 12. As you develop, you won t need to draw in all the perspective lines, just the main ones. 13. You can apply the basics of Perspective to drawing any object. Fig.1 Fig.2 Fig. 3 Copyright ArtMaker Productions Pty Ltd. Where ArtMaker PDF documents are to be printed and distributed for educational purposes, the documents must not be altered and must acknowledge ArtMaker Productions Pty Ltd as the author and owner of the information. 2

3 ACTIVITY Still Life 3/10 perspective Exploring the way things get smaller as they go away, and creating the feeling of space in our drawing. First, draw a square box. Now play with your vanishing points - move them closer and draw the box again. Now, move them far away and see what that does to your drawing. Extension Stack 2 boxes onto a chair and twist them to be at different angles to each other. Draw this still life. Now put them all on a table and draw again. Experiment by moving your vertical vanishing point. Copyright ArtMaker Productions Pty Ltd. Where ArtMaker PDF documents are to be printed and distributed for educational purposes, the documents must not be altered and must acknowledge ArtMaker Productions Pty Ltd as the author and owner of the information. 3

4 Still Life 3/10 Still Life Perspective Perspective is an exciting way to add depth to your drawings. Complex objects can be constructed using basic principles of perspective. If you follow the rules it is hard to go wrong! ArtMaker Productions

5 Still Life 3/10 Still Life Perspective If all parallel objects obey their vanishing point, a sense of realistic space can be given to your drawings. ArtMaker Productions

6 Still Life 3/10 Still Life Perspective Three point perspective can be used above and below your horizon line to create dynamic space. ArtMaker Productions